Tag: Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board

To Boca Grande under sail …

October 20, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY TIM SEIBERT The following was written in 2005 by island resident Edward “Tim” J. Seibert. It’s an interesting piece, and with his upcoming honors at the SarasotaMOD event we thought it was...

Boca Grande rallies against proposed 11th Street assisted living facility

October 13, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE A proposal to renovate a private home to an assisted living facility on East Railroad Avenue was not well received in the Boca Grande community, and it brought more than 40...

The empty lot next to The Temp may not be empty much longer

October 13, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
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The landscape of downtown Boca Grande may look quite different in the future, as the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board approved a proposal to erect a new commercial structure on Park...

Home on E. Railroad Avenue is proposed site of assisted living facility – Proposal to go before Historic Preservation Board on October 6

September 29, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Several interesting projects will be discussed this month by the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board, and they will hold two different meetings this month to make up for a...

Historic Board approves two requests to renovate properties

August 14, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board approved two certificates of appropriateness at its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 9. The first item on the agenda was a request to...

Historic Preservation Board approves requests on two island properties

July 14, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board approved two certificates of appropriateness at its monthly meeting on Wednesday, July 12. The first item on the agenda was a request to...

Board rejects proposal to move historic cottage

■ BY SUE ERWIN At its monthly meeting on Wednesday, June 14, the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board rejected a proposal to relocate a guest cottage located at 300 Third Street West to Matanzas...

Historic cottage moving to Fort Myers? We’ll find out soon

■ BY SUE ERWIN A local television news station reported recently that Lee County is looking to move a 1920s cottage once owned by Katharine Hepburn to Fort Myers Beach. The report stated, “The Boca...

Historic Board rules Palm Avenue home as not historic

January 8, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
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BY SUE ERWIN – The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board held a public meeting on Wednesday. More than 40 residents attended. A request to expand an approved rehabilitation of 920 Palm...

Historic Board elects new chair and vice chair … and finally realize Bob Vila’s greatness

April 10, 2015
BBadmin7502
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The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board met on April 8 to grant one property contributing status and to elect a new chair and vice chair. Tim Seibert, an outspoken member of the board who...